The Team: The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK - and still growing - with a talented, diverse team who publish the best coverage of news, sport, lifestyle and showbiz in print and digital.
The Sun is looking to bring in a first class sports news reporter to join Fleet Street’s most dynamic operation.
Day to day you will:
Cover breaking sports news stories and generate agenda-leading exclusives
Turn around copy and content quickly and accurately; mindful of IPSO and legal issues
Identify stories which will work online, in print and on video and develop them
Work as part of a team and be able to contribute across a range of subjects
Pitch and produce exclusive stories and work up original ideas and features
Have an instinct for how to 'sell' a digital story to get maximum impact on The Sun's platforms and also on social media
Be able to write in a concise and entertaining way in keeping with Sun style but free from cliche
Understand how to recirculate readers within The Sun and keep them engaged with our content
Work with video desk and picture desk to maximum effect
Interview people in a range of different circumstances
Live reporting and ability to work under pressure covering breaking news
Live blog the biggest games and sporting events
Keep newsdesk informed on changes that arise as stories develop.
What we’re looking for from you:
Excellent writing skills with the ability to deliver vibrant, clean copy to very tight deadlines
Reporting experience in a newsroom and ability to keep calm under pressure
Excellent, fast writing and basic subbing skills
Passion for all things sport
Flexible attitude to working hours across seven days
An understanding of The Sun brand, both print and digital
Thorough knowledge of the IPSO Code of Conduct, media law and ethical considerations
Knowledge of social media, SEO and online publishing
Positive can-do attitude and good team player.
News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.
Life at News: At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.
We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling.
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.